The amount of data being created is growing faster than humans can analyze. But fast analysis over the right data can solve tough challenges. Those facts are driving the continual pursuit of new solutions to Big Data challenges. Solutions to these Big Data issues hold the promise of helping many sectors of our life, butRead… Read more »
Photo credit Fixmo.com As recently pointed out by Crucial Point‘s Adam Elkus in the blog Mobile Risk Management: Welcome to the Jungle, organizations today need be aware of the risks they open themselves up to when they deploy mobile solutions. Whether it be an iOS, Android, or Blackberry device, there are vulnerabilities in each ofRead… Read more »
There is not a lot of politics on GovLoop for a reason. But I think its important to take a moment and recognize a group of women in government that have made a difference – specifically women political leaders. The Alice Awards, named after suffragist Alice Paul – a key figure in the 19th AmendmentRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. As part of our analysis of state IT budget data, Deltek has published vertical analyses and projections of health care, social services, justice, public safety, and homeland security. Also, we have published vertical IT budget analyses of some of the larger states (California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio,Read… Read more »
Later this year, Tom Cruise will be starring in his fourth Mission: Impossible movie about a fictional federal agent saving the world from all sorts of extraordinary threats. While I love an action movie as much as the next guy, the real-life federal employees tackling our country’s seemingly impossible missions are deserving of their ownRead… Read more »
Editor’s Note: The piece below is reprinted with permission. It was written by the highly regarded observer of federal technology trends Steve O’Keeffe at the MeriTalk blog, and has resulted in quite a bit of discussion at that site. Open Government Dead – Pass the Beer Nuts… The date on the tombstone – September 15.OpenRead… Read more »
Staffan Malmgren of Stockholm University and the free access to law service of Sweden, lagen.nu, has posted his Master’s thesis, Towards a Theory of Jurisprudential Relevance Ranking – Using Link Analysis on EU Case Law (2011). Here is the abstract: The concept of relevance is central to both jurisprudence and information retrieval. But what doRead… Read more »
If Congress was a movie, a Broadway performance, or a pop culture event that warranted a critique with a sword-like tongue and humorous prose, the opening sentence of a review might read something like this: “Only on Capitol Hill does the same, tiring sequelization of ineptitude and grandstanding pass itself off as competent governance.” Or…Read… Read more »
Sometimes stories write themselves. With the recent news that catering companies were premium pricing brunch fare such as $16 muffins and $7 hors d’oeuvres, I’m slightly concerned as a taxpayer that my funds were so poorly used. Good work by the OIG. Yet, as a lover of food, I’m more curious about what those muffinsRead… Read more »
The headline is astonishing to read given how much the emergency management community has gravitated toward using social media to achieve various goals, most especially in communicating with the public. Heck, @LAFD is recognized as being the first government organization to join Twitter (four years ago) and even a quick Google search for “emergency managementRead… Read more »